Hook Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Hook Name Meaning: From old English Hoc 'hook',an occupational name for someone who made or perhaps sold hooks.Also topographical for someone who lived by a hook of land.

Hooks were often sold as agricultural implements,employed in work. Quite possibly a nickname for someone with a hunched back or a hooked nose.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hook Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hook family

Profession Census Frequency
School 517
Farm Labourer 62
General Labourer 49
General Servant (domestic) 40
Private Means 37
None 34
Coal Miner Hewer 31
Labourer 29
Laundress 27
Farmer 21
Bricklayer 21
Dressmaker 21
Cook (domestic) 19
Carpenter 18
House Painter 18
Domestic Servant 17
Shop Assistant 17
Cook 16
Gardener Domestic 16
General Servant Domestic 15
Scholar 14
Housemaid (domestic) 12
House Keeper 12
School Boy 12
Fisherman 12

Hook Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hook 100% 33,387
2 Hooke 80% 3,826
3 Hake 25% 3,277
4 Hock 75% 2,352
5 Huke 25% 1,526
6 Heak 50% 194
7 Hoke 50% 182
8 Hoch 50% 133
9 Heek 50% 131
10 Hek 50% 120

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The surname Hook is the most popular version of all its varients

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